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Eyedak Uses Smartphone as Screen

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Eyedak, a company based in Scotland, is developing a VR headset called Vrase, to compete with the Oculus Rift and Sony’s Morpheus. Like Samsung’s (rumoured) Gear VR headset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28), …

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Apple…Missing Sapphire Appears on Watch

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Apple did not disappoint at its recent event by announcing ‘one more thing’ – the Apple Watch. The name is not the iWatch, as the trademark is held by another company. Nevertheless, the Apple …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Kindle Explores High-End Space With New Voyage

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Amazon has surprised today with a refresh of its Kindle and Kindle Fire lines – without weeks’ worth of leaks, first. Among the new devices is the 6″ Kindle Voyage ($200): the company’s thinnest …

Wintek Takes Steps to Improve Finances

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Taiwanese touch panel manufacturer Wintek says it has secured an extension for the repayment of bank loans and is also looking for a new injection of capital to finance its business. In a filing …

VESA Enables DisplayPort Over USB

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A new mode, supporting DisplayPort, has been published for the new USB-C standard (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 47). VESA and the USB 3.0 Promoter Group have announced ‘DisplayPort Alternative Mode’; it will enable …

March Targeted for Sony’s Eyeglasses

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Sony’s Smart Eyeglass wearable – first seen at CES 2014, and again at IFA this year – will go on sale in March 2015, the company has said.

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Matchstick Sparks Kickstarter Rush

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Mozilla’s Chromecast rival, Matchstick (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26), has been revealed, with a competitive price of $25. The device, which was quickly funded on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/karoadz), uses open-source software. Developers are being …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

DisplaySearch: iPhone Panel Demand to Exceed 100 Million

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According to a blog post by NPD DisplaySearch’s David Hsieh (http://tinyurl.com/lgjjegh), panel makers need to ramp up production of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus panels quickly. DisplaySearch estimates that Apple has ordered more than …

Nanomarkets: LCoS May Overtake LCD as Common Mobile Display

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Nanomarkets has published a new report on the components and subsystems markets for smartglasses (http://tinyurl.com/p9gy3kg). The firm estimates that there is an opportunity in the market worth $3.2 billion, for makers of sensors, lightguides, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21| Wearable Market

Hannstar’s Monthly Sales Fell 32% YoY

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Hannstar Display reported a 32.2% year on year fall in sales in September to NT$1.9 billion ($62.6 million), though this represented a 7.7% improvement from August. Total sales in the first nine months of …

APAC Growth Boosts Chip Sales Worldwide

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Worldwide semiconductor sales in August were up 9.4% YoY, to $28.4 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The figure also represents a 1.3% MoM increase. Sales in the January-August period were 10.1% higher …

Tech Data Picks up the Phone

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Tech Data’s mobile division is now distributing unlocked iPhone 4S, 5 and 5C models through its reseller network in Spain, for Apple.

Tags:iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| TechData| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21